Davis was an assistant editor, assistant production office coordinator, and production assistant on the 2006 independent film Swedish Auto, which starred Tim de Zarn. More recently, she was an assistant production coordinator on David Mamet's 2008 drama film Redbelt, on which Robert Elswit was Director of Photography.

Prior to her work on Star Trek, Davis was a production assistant on another film from Paramount Pictures, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Spencer Daniels also worked on this film and Star Trek. Other projects include VFX/Animation Management on Paramount Pictures Rango between 2008 and 2011. More recently, Davis worked as Feature DI Producer for Company 3 until April 2014 on projects such as the science fiction thriller The Signal (2014) and the drama Simshar (2014).